1. Soak dried figs for about 10 minutes in warm water, then cut the stems off. Grind together figs, dates and pecans. When grinding, put a few figs, a few dates, and some pecans, alternating until all ...

This week, the newsroom staff at The Sentinel, took part in a blind taste test of fig cookies. They compared Nabisco's Fig Newtons with Benton's (Aldi's) Fig Bars. Besides the taste, the cookies ...

Step inside Avo restaurant on Magazine Street on March 18 and you'll find a St. Joseph's Day altar laden with traditional Sicilian treats. Among them will be fig cookies prepared the way chef Nick ...

To make the dough, first mix together the flour and the baking soda in a large bowl.Then, in an electric mixer, whip the Crisco, eggs, sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth and fully blended.Now, a ...

I don't care what anybody says, this recipe makes one fantastic cookie, whether you're Sicilian or not! They're super crispy on the outside, moist and figgy on the inside, and bursting with pure ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and sugars in mixer with paddle. Next add the eggs and mix well. Combine the dry ingredients. Combine the vanilla and milk, alternately add the dry ...

This cookie is a hybrid of two favorite treats — fig bars and jam-filled thumbprint cookies. We started with a basic thumbprint cookie dough, but enriched it with browned butter. And instead of ...

Aldi doesn't just compete with name-brand items through lower prices. As these fruity cookies illustrate, the store's private ...

As I've done with each of the "treasured" recipes that readers have shared with me, I made this one at home as well. Follow this recipe, as I did, and you will get the same excellent results. This ...

Featuring fig jam, dried figs, and fresh figs (for those glorious few weeks when they’re in season), our best fig recipes earn rave reviews. Bake up a batch of fig bars or a fig cake recipe, simmer ...